Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins (2018)

2018-07-281h 30m

Dr Derek Muller takes us on an epic adventure, a world-spanning investigation of vitamin science and history, asking how do we decide whether to take vitamin supplements, or not?

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